The Big Sleep
Streetlight Manifesto
Intro
CBmAmDmCGAmCCAmFG
Verse
CBmAm
Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?
DmCG
How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?
AmCCAm
We've all been there once, but you never left
FFGG
This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends
CBmAm
I'm not leaving this place
DmCG
Unless I'm leaving with you
AmCCAm
Cause you're the only person with a half decent heart here
FG
And I know you will put it to use
CBmAm
Until it's gone, gone, gone
DmCG
Gone, gone, gone
AmCCAmFG
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah
Prechorus
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Chorus
CGAm
When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Verse
CG
And if you go, I'll be gone
AmFCG
And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please
AmFCG
But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you
AmFCG
You were always meant for me and you will see
CAmFG
that you're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
Horn Riff
CAmFG
Verse
CBmAm
Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home
DmCG
We had a heart-to-heart about life
AmCCAm
But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
FG
If we wanted to outlive that night
CBmAm
Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
DmCG
Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
AmCCAm
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
FG
What a wonderful world this could be!
Segway
CBmAmDmCGAmCCAmFG
Prechorus
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Chorus
CGAm
When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Verse
CG
And if you go, I'll be gone
AmFCG
And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please
AmFCG
But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you
AmFCG
You were always meant for me and you will see
CAmFG
that you're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
CAmFG
You're impossible
Verse
CBmAm
So, how many more examples until we break?
DmCG
So how many sacrifices must we make?
AmC
Because we've all been there once before
CAm
And it looks like we've returned once more
FG
So is this the beginning or the end?
CBm
The last two soldiers on the battlefield
Am
Survivors of the war
DmCG
They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
AmC
"If you're listening, I'm missing him
CAm
So somehow bring him home.
FG
How did it come to this?"
CBm
So the soldiers lift their rifles
Am
And they're aiming at the head
DmCG
They think of their first love before they take their final breath
AmCCAm
And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said:
FG
"How did it come to this?"
Horn Segway
FEmFCGAmFCGAmFFEmF
Outro Chorus
CGAm
When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
F
I hope you think of me, yeah
FEmFFEmFFEmFC
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
CGAm
When as you close your eyes for the big sleep
F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
AmF
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
FEmFFEmFFEmFCCC